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T'OBOGGAR- No 368,515. Patented Aug. 16,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. CHADEAYNE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TOBOGGAN.

$PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,515, dated August16, 1887.

Application filed J unc 20. 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen H. CHADEAYNE, of the city of Buffalo, in thecounty of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Toboggans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in toboggans which are mountedupon rollers, and designed more particularly for coasting indoors orduring the summer months. In to boggans of this construction it. isdifficult to prevent the toboggan from running against the sides of theincline or coasting track, whereby the progress of the toboggan isretarded or hindered and the occupant is liable to become injured.

The object of my invention is to provide the toboggan with guide-rollerswhich run in contact with the sides of the coasting-track, and wherebythe toboggan is guided in its movements and held at a distance from thesides of the coasting-track.

The invention consists of the improvement which will be hereinafterfully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved toboggan. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross-section thereof onan enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of thetoboggan. Fig. 4 is a front View thereof, with the inclinedcoasting-track shown in cross-section.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the body of thetobogga11,whicl1 is curved upwardly at itsfront end, in the usual manner, and provided on its under side withcross-pieces a.

B represents the rollers upon which the to-- boggan runs, and which arejournaledin brackets O, secured to the cross-piece a by screws Thebrackets O are Serial No. 241.819. (No model.)

each provided with two vertical lugs or ears, 0, between which theroller B is pivoted by a horizontal pin, d, passing through openingsformed in said lugs.

E represents the guiderollers, which project laterally beyond the edgesof the toboggan, and whereby the toboggan is guided in its movement downthe incline. The guiderollers E bear with their outer faces against thesides f of the incline and prevent the edges of the toboggan fromstriking the same, thereby facilitating the movement of the toboggan andavoiding injury to the person seated on the same. Each bracket 0 isprovided with two horizontal ears or lugs, 9, between which the rollersE are journaled, the journal-pins h of said rollers passing throughopenings formed in the outer ends of the lugs g.

I represents cushions, of rubber or other suitable material, interposedbetween the brackets O and the under side of the crosspieces a, andwhereby the noise caused by the rollers B and E is deadened.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a toboggan providedon. its under side with brackets O, of supportingrollers B, journaled insaid brackets, and guide-rollers E, journaled in the brackets G at rightangles to the supporting-rollers, and projecting laterally from oppositesides of the toboggan, substantially as set forth.

2. In a toboggan, the brackets 0, provided with vertical lugs a, betweenwhich the rollers B are journaled, and with horizontal lugs 9, betweenwhich the guide-rollers E are journaled, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 4th day of June, 1887.

GEORGE H. GHADEAYN E.

Witnesses:

CARL F. GEYER, THEO. L. PoPr.

